We started the day with breakfast in the hotel. Dave's training started at 9, mine at 10. The first hour was taught by Sensei Joe from Australia. A lot of the drills we usually do, but moving while doing them, and as fast as you can. I was definitely sweating by the time the hour was up. Sensei Joe pulled me to the front of the class to demonstrate how you should kiai and execute some techniques. He likes how loud I yell and that I can be intense when I train. Th...

We made arrangements to meet Sensei Linda from the UK at 10 to go for dim sum. On the 5 minute drive over to the hotel to pick her up, we got a call from Sensei Nakamura. Apparently we were having an impromptu get together at his brother in laws bagel restaurant, so we headed there. Afterwards, we had time to kill before training (starting at 3 for Dave and 4 for me), so we headed to downtown Burlington for a walk along the waterfront. It was a beautiful sunny da...

Heading to Burlington, ON for the annual Miyagi Chojun Festival, so named for the founder of Okinawan Goju-ryu Karate. There are 4 of these major training camps each year, spanning the globe. One in Oceana, Europe, Russia and North America. We are on the same flight as Dave's bff, Fernando, so Dave is in his happy place. The two of them are busy on the flight solving the worlds' problems. Who knew? There's a hurricane warning for the Hamilton area! They did warn ...